In this article we will discuss about the economic importance of fungi:- 1. Role of Fungi in Medicine 2. Role of Fungi in Industry 3. Role of Fungi in Agriculture 4. Role of Fungi as Food and as Food Producers. Fungi include hundreds of species which are of tremendous economic importance to man. In fact our lives are intimately linked [...]
In this article we will discuss about the economic importance of rust fungi. The order included a group of some 4,500 species of highly specialized and economically most important internal parasites which attack higher plants and sometimes the ferns. They are economically important because majority of them cause disease of cereals and other crops resulting in enormous losses. In spite [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Sphacelotheca 2. Symptoms of the Smut Caused by Sphacelotheca 3. Mycelium 4. Reproduction. Introduction to Sphacelotheca: Sphacelotheca causes smut of Sorghum (Jowar). In India, three species of the genus attack Jowar plants causing serious diseases. The grain smut or covered smut of Jowar is caused by S. sorghi, the loose [...]